Building construction



Aug. 3, 1937. F. M. VENZlE 2,089,046

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION I Filed April 28, 1953 ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 3, 1937 UNITED PA'TE GFFWE v BUILDING CONSTRUCTION Application April 28, 1933, Serial No. 668,311

6 Claims.

My invention relates to building constructions and more particularly to a novel form of wall surfacing material and method of making the same, and constitutes a continuation in part of 5 the "invention disclosed in my co-pending application .Serial No. 663,916, filed April 1, 1933.

The invention disclosed in my co-pending application above referred to contemplates the insertion inslots formed in wall surfacing units of metallic grooves or slideways and clip engaging means adjustably held within such grooves. Since .making that invention I have found that the cost of making recesses in the units is out of proportion to the benefits derived therefrom and I have perfected a method of forming such wallboards which decreases the cost to an extent Where they are readily saleable.

My present invention contemplates the insertion in the surfacing units at the time of. their formation of metallic reinforcements forming grooves or slideways, and, further, contemplates the..use f units soformed as the surfacing mate'rial'for walls whereby the units may be readily erected without the penetration through the joints between adjacent panels of supporting or holding means. The invention also includes a novelzwall formed of such units and novel means foraconn'ecting theunits to a support.

An object of my invention is to provide a novel method of forming panels of the type described whereby the cost of. making the same is materially reduced over that heretofore known.

Another object of my invention is to provide a method of making a surfacing unit in which a metallic reinforcement forming a groove is inserted in the panel at the time of its formation.

A further object of my invention is to provide a novel wall structure including panels made by the above suggested method.

Yet another object of my invention is to provide a novel means of attaching a unit of the type described to a supporting structure.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will be apparent from the following specification, claims, and from the drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is a vertical rear elevation of a wall embodying my invention with parts broken away to show the structure therebehind;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view on an enlarged scale taken on the line 2-2 of. Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 3--3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a detailed perspective view of the hook;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of the socket into which the hook illustrated in Fig. 4 fits and which is adapted for connection to a support;

Fig. 6 is a .detail perspective view of a clip adapted to hold thesocket illustrated in Fig. 5 and connect the same to a channel member;

Fig. 7 is a vertical section through the plaster board panel embodying my invention; and

Fig. 8 is a diagrammatic view illustrating the method of forming the plaster board panel.

Referring now particularly to Figs. 1 to 3, my invention contemplates the use of metallic channel members HJ functioning as risers to which may be connected clips H having a transverse bar Ha (Fig; 6) at the ends of which extend at right angles thereto and in parallelism fingers 1 lb adapted to be bent around the channel member I8 and holdthe transverse bar Ha, thereagainst. Additionally, when desired the clips may also be attached to the risers by rivets or bolts passing through the hole No. In the same vertical planes'with the fingers lib but on the opposite side of the transverse bar Ha extend fingers H d, each of which may be bent upwardly at their lower ends, to form a socket He as shown on the left of Fig. 6, left straight as shown on the right side of that figure or combined as shown. Where the socket is used the upper end of. the fingers lld may be cutto form a tab II) which maybe bent over to hold in place the member seated in the socket l le.

Clip ll may support in its socket He a member l2 illustrated in detail in Fig. 5, comprising a socket l2a formed in the lower end thereof, the outer face of which seats in the socket I le of the clip H, the inner surface of which is adapted to engage a hook l3, and the upper edge of which is adapted to be engaged by the tab Hf. Optionally the member l2, if wood studding is used, may be attached thereto by suitable elements such as nails passing through the holes I20 and i may be shortened as shown at lZd (Fig. 6) and engage the clip H with its upper hook shaped edge l2e. Where the member I2 is supported by the socket I Ie the hook He may be eliminated or flattened if desired.

The hook l3 comprises two parallel faces I31; and 312, the latter of which engages the socket 12a in the member l2 and the former of which is engaged by a slideway in the surfacing unit, the two faces being connected by an angular portion I30. The face l3a of the hook l3 seats in a metallic slideway M formed in a unit I5 as illustrated in Fig. 2.

In the formation of panels suitable for surfacing walls in various building constructions the normal procedure is to use compositions of various kinds of fluid or semi-fluid consistency which hardens into shape upon exposure to the atmos- 5 phere for a predetermined time. Occasionally such materials are also subjected to pressure at the time of their formation. Examples of such materials are Transite, Marbelite, or various types of plaster board, one of which will be described in detail for the purpose of illustrating my invention.

Plaster board, as is well known, is made by passing between two strips of paper I! and [8 coming from rolls [9 and 20 a cementitious mixture indicated at 2| coming from the hopper 22 and thereafter passing the two strips of paper with the mixture therebetween between sizing rollers indicated at 24, after which the mixture is allowed to harden and the boards cut to shape.

In accordance with my invention, upon one of the rolls of paper indicated at H! I provide at suitably spaced intervals my metallic slideways M held in place against the paper of the roller by any suitable means such for instance as indi- 25 cated in Figs. '7 and 8, by wire clips to the strip H. In this way the slideways are caused to be embedded in the still plastic cementitious material as it is passed between the sizing rollers and the slideways made a homogeneous part of the plaster board. The slideways I4 preferably, in cross section, are in the shape of three connected truncated cones opened at the smaller ends, one of the open ends facing outwardly of the plaster board and two facing inwardly, whereby a tight interlock by the plaster upon the slideway is obtained.

In erecting boards so formed the mechanic by looking at the edges of the board can ascertain where the slideways are located and can slit the paper I! covering the same with his finger nail or by any other suitable means. Obviously where materials differing from plaster board are used, that is, in those materials eliminating the paper covering, the metallic insert may be inserted in the plastic material prior to its hardening by hand at desired locations and the same result will be obtained whether pressure is thereafter applied to the composition or it is permitted to harden of its own accord.

Various modifications may be made in the above described embodiment of my invention without departing from the spirit and ,scope thereof, as set forth in the following claims.

What is claimed is:

l. A surfacing unit for use in buildings comprising a hardened cementitious material having formed integrally therewith a metallic slideway which is held in place by said material and a paper covering over said cementitious material and slideway.

2. A surfacing unit for use in buildings comprising a hardened plastic shape having formed integrally therewith a metallic element forming a groove adjacent one major surface of said shape and a paper covering over said groove.

3. A building construction comprising a support, a clip engaging said support, a socket carried by said clip, a hook engaging said socket, a wall surfacing unit, and means engaging said surfacing unit for slidably carrying said hook.

4. A building construction comprising a support, a connecting member, a metal clip carried by said support, said clip having fingers adapted to be bent about said support and other fingers adapted to carry said connecting member, a hook, said connecting member having a socket adapted to detachably engage said hook, and a metal slideway integrally connected with a non-metallic surfacing unit forming a seat for said hook.

5. A surfacing unit for building construction comprising a hardened cementitious material having a flexible covering on both sides thereof and a slideway formed integrally therewith, said slideway comprising a metallic element shaped as three connected dovetails, one of said dovetails being reversed with respect to the other two, said two dovetails being filled with said cementitious material, and means for connecting said slideway to said flexible covering.

6. A wall construction comprising studding, plaster board panels positioned with one face toward said studding, horizontal slots in said face running lengthwise of said wall, a metal lining in said slots, a clip in movable relationship with said lining, and means engaging said clip and said studding for connecting the same and thereby maintaining said clip in fixed relationship with said lining and said panels in fixed relationship with said studding.

FREDERICK M. VENZIE. 

